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A romantic and reluctant queen

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6th August 2023
She was the royal who insisted she would only marry for love while he was a prince with a broken heart and no desire to wed again. However, on a summer’s day, exactly a century ago, they fell in love in London and began a royal romance that would lead to a crown and change the attitudes of a whole royal family. The love story of Lady Louise Mountbatten and Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden…
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Why is the Princess Royal called Anne?

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5th August 2023
A is for Anne but why did the Queen’s only daughter end up with a name that, at the time, wasn’t a usual one for members of the Royal Family?The answer can perhaps best be found in the summer of 1930 and the arrival of another princess. In August that year…
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The story of Balmoral tartan

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5th August 2023
It’s been quite the week for tartan. The King was fully kilted out as he headed to John O’Groats for a wee dram at the start of his Scottish holidays. Meanwhile his heir, Prince William, found his own Scottish style under scrutiny as conversations began about…
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How King Charles III will spend the first anniversary of his accession

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4th August 2023
It will be a poignant day, tinged with sadness and The King will spend the first anniversary of his accession to the throne privately.His Majesty will pass the day in Aberdeenshire. His base there, Birkhall, is on the Balmoral estate. Queen Elizabeth II died in the main house at Balmoral.Buckingham Palace says King Charles will mark the moment ”quietly and privately”.The…
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The mystery of the Queen Mother's birthplace

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4th August 2023
Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother lived most of her adult life in the spotlight and yet one very basic detail of her story is shrouded in mystery. For no one is really sure exactly where the Queen Mother was born. And no one did more to get people guessing than the Queen Mum…
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How the House of Windsor paid tribute to the reign of its founder at the Platinum Jubilee celebrations

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3rd August 2023
As the Royal Family arrived for the Service of Thanksgiving at St. Paul’s Cathedral during the Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June 2022, one colour stood out. Many of the women in the royal party chose to wear pink. And there may well have been a rather special reason it was so dominant. For pastel pink provides a link with the very first Jubilee that Queen Elizabeth II attended.Zara…
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The mystery surrounding the death of one of England's most controversial queens

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1st August 2023
Her story is amongst the most controversial of all the Queens of England and centuries after her death, a new twist appeared in the tale of Elizabeth Woodville. An expert at the National Archives in London found a document suggesting that the consort who revolutionised royalty may have died of the plague.Euan Roger is a records specialist at the National Archives and while looking through 16th…
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